Cell-line dependency in cerebral organoid induction: cautionary observations in Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells

Ju Hyun Lee, Geon Yoo, Juhyun Choi, Si Hyung Park, Hyogeun Shin, Renuka Prasad, Yeunehee Lee, Mee Ryung Ahn, Il Joo Cho, Woong Sun

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    Abstract

    The cerebral organoid (CO) model has been used in the study of various neurodegenerative diseases owing to its physiological implications. However, the CO model may only be representative of certain clinical findings in affected patients, while some features are not recapitulated. In this study, we found that neurons in the CO model from patients with Alzheimer’s disease were less responsive to depolarization, in contrast to previous reports. This difference may be partly attributed to the variations in brain spatial identity depending on the genetic background of the induced pluripotent stem cells. Our current observation raises concerns that the phenotypes observed in the CO model need to be carefully evaluated for their clinical implications.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number46
    JournalMolecular brain
    Volume15
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022 Dec

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the Brain Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF), which is funded by the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF-2021M3E5D9021368). This research was also supported by grants (19181MFDS424, 21181MFDS294) from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2020 and 2021.

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    © 2022, The Author(s).

    Keywords

    • Alzheimer’s diseases
    • Cell-to-cell variation
    • Cerebral organoid
    • Disease modeling

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Biology
    • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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